Anatomy and biomechanics of normal craniovertebral junction (a) and biomechanics of stabilization (b)

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1091-1100

  Menezes, Arnold H ^a   Traynelis, Vincent C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Foramen magnum; Instrumentation biomechanics; Occipitocervical fusion; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BONE SCREW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NEUROANATOMY; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 51749102451     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0606-8     Document Type: Article

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